Chapter 775: Chapter 158: The Bard and His Protagonist Chapter 775: Chapter 158: The Bard and His Protagonist He was not sure if it was just his imagination…
Yunus always felt a bit panicky, uneasy.
After Aiwass was sent to the Fairy Kingdom by Lady Grace, Mage Maxim, who had originally been very kind to him, suddenly became cold and distant.
Mage Maxim scrutinized Yunus carefully, with the smile that once graced his face now vanishing.
Those originally warm and grateful eyes also shifted into a cold, scrutinizing gaze.
…Did I say something wrong just now?
But I didn’t say anything at all just now!
Yunus was a bit baffled.
So he put on a relaxed smile, and while playing his modified harp, producing melodious tunes, he approached Mage Maxim and let out his signature triple laugh, “My hospitable and kind friend, I have a small favor to ask…”
Suddenly, Mage Maxim pushed up his round glasses, his tone calm as he interrupted Yunus, “Do me a favor, will you?”
Although it was phrased as a favor, the tone of the Mage with glasses was so certain and serious.
Yunus had seen this kind of attitude.
On the faces of those who were burdened with heavy hearts and could not take a joke, this expression sometimes appeared.
At such times, if one continued to speak in the manner of “Yunus,” it could even irritate the other party.
…Speaking of which, the real “Yunus” also didn’t always talk .
Yunus thought to himself and his tone became normal, “Speak.”
“When they return, could you please keep quiet?
I mean,” Mage Maxim said, “Don’t make noise like before.
Don’t play music and talk loudly at the same time.
Just like how you replied to me just now, with your tone and manner of speech.”
Yunus smiled a bit awkwardly and nodded in agreement.
—So you don’t like it this way, huh?
Well, you could have said so earlier.
Speaking is actually quite tiring for me…
Afterwards, Mage Maxim no longer paid him any attention, only staring up at the moon in a daze.
Having heard Aiwass’s reasoning and explanation about the tree-ification illness, Yunus had guessed some of the reasons.
Maxim was upset with him, probably thinking that he was lingering here with the desire to see Anastasia.
And coming back to the Material Realm might not be good for her health.
—Of course, Yunus did not wish to see Anastasia.
He was here to seek the truth and simply wanted to tell her that he had come as invited, without breaking his promise.
He was very worried that Anastasia had just passed away, and that he had missed it — as long as it wasn’t that ending, it would be all right.
Otherwise, it would mean “due to his lateness, he failed to fulfill the promise he had made.”
Now, with Anastasia possibly turning into a tree at any moment, Yunus was even less willing to let her leave with regrets.
He had to tell her that the bald fool who made a promise back in the day had not failed to keep it.
Yunus had already expressed his intentions to Aiwass — since Miss Anastasia was not well, it would be better to stay in the Fairy Kingdom to continue recuperating.
It was only necessary to let Anastasia know that he had arrived.
Left on his own, Yunus soon found himself somewhat bored.
The silence here was too much, so much so that it made him, a Bard used to noise and clamor, feel uncomfortable.
He got an itch to play and instinctively wanted to strum his waist-hung harp, to add a little background music with a few minor tunes.
But as soon as his hand touched it, he subconsciously glanced at Mage Maxim and, as if shocked, immediately withdrew his hand.
The meaning of Mage Maxim was clear: no more noise when they returned.
Although Aiwass and the others had not yet come back…
it was uncertain if his playing here would anger the other party.
After all, it was clear that Maxim was not in a good mood.
Of course, mainly because the other party was truly a good person and his arrival had indeed caused them inconvenience, Yunus did not want to be confrontational at this time.
Yunus sighed, and, mimicking Maxim, looked up at the moon.
He was starting to miss his friend a bit.
In fact, the reason Yunus’s behavior is usually so exaggerated and comical is that this is how Prince Albert remembered “Yunus” to behave.
To become Yunus, he had continually repeated these behaviors.
But actually, when Yunus talked to people, it was never with this kind of tone.
You see, when Yunus was still alive, all the dealings with other people were handled by him.
At that time, Albert would hide by himself behind a cape that covered half of his face, arms crossed and standing far back.
The bald-headed man who spoke everyone’s language and could befriend anyone was incapable of speaking in such a peculiar, operatic manner like Albert…
But the problem is, Albert never managed to learn the art of Yunus’s speech.
“…I miss you again, my dear friend.”
He gazed at the moon, murmuring softly.
His dear friend Yunus was not a descendant of the Founding Families.
His parents were neither knights nor bishops…
His father was an Irisflower Person, a clown in a comic troupe.
And his mother was a property developer from Avalon, who died early, leaving him to uphold the family business alone.